Getting Acquainted

Charles Chaplin


 

Tit. It.: “Charlot E La Moglie Gelosa” O “Fare Amicizia”; Scen.: Charles Chaplin; Int.: Charles Chaplin (Lo Sposo), Phyllis Allen (La Moglie), Mack Swain (Ambrose), Mabel Normand (Moglie Di Ambrose), Harry Mccoy (Poliziotto), Edgar Kennedy (Un Signore Turco Di Passaggio), Cecile Arnold (Ragazza); Prod.: Keystone Film Company; 35mm. L.: 312 M. D.: 18’ A 16 F/S.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. (Charles Chaplin)

Shot in a single day in Westlake Park, this was Chaplin’s final one-reeler for Keystone. […] By the end of the movie the film’s title can be seen to have several connotations – most of them cynical. Each woman gets acquainted with what men are like when their wives aren’t around; the wives get aquainted as fellow sufferers; the husbands as fellow molesters; the cop gets acquainted with the inexplicable behavior of women. It appears that where men and women are concerned “getting acquainted” is always sexually motivated – except, ironically, in the marriage relationship.

Harry M. Geduld, Chapliniana Volume 1. The Keystone Films, Bloomington & Indianapolis 1987

In short

Italian Title
Charlot E La Moglie Gelosa, Fare Amicizia
Director: Charles Chaplin

Year: 1914
Country: Usa
Running time: 18'
Film Version

English Intertitles

Sound
Mute
Edition
2004
Section
The Chaplin Project 2004
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Cinestore
Dvd by Cineteca di Bologna

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